Activities of Karl-Heinz FLORENZ related to 2005/0281(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Revision of the framework directive on waste (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 33 #
Recital 1 a (new)
Amendment 49 #
Recital 22
(22) On the basis of the definition of waste, in order to promote certainty and consistency, the Commission mayshould adopt guidelinmeasures to specify in certain cases when substances or objects become waste. Such guidelines maymeasures should be developed inter alia for electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles.
Amendment 57 #
Recital 29
(29) It is necessary, in order to enable the Community as a whole to become self- sufficient inAccording to the proximity principle, waste for disposal and in the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from should be treated in one of the nearest approprivate households and to enable the Member States to move towards that aim individually, to make provisioinstallations, by means of the most appropriate methods and technologies in for a network of cooperation as regards disposal installations and installader to ensure a high level of protections for the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from environment and public health. Each Member State should take approprivate households, taking into account geographical circumstances and the need for specialisedmeasures, in cooperation with other Member States, to establish an integrated and adequate network of disposal installations, for certakin types of waste. (Spirit of EP 1st reading amendment 109)g account of the best available techniques. Or. en
Amendment 58 #
Recital 32
(32) It is important, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, and for the purpose of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions originating from waste disposal on landfills, to facilitate the separate collection and proper treatment of bio- waste in order to produce environmentally-safe compost and other bio-waste based materials. The Commission, after an assessment on tho this end, specific criteria for the collection, use managed treatment of bio-waste, will submit proposals for legislative measures, if appropriat should be set in this Directive.
Amendment 70 #
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point (c)
(c) uncontaminated soil and other naturally occurring material excavated in the course of construction activities where it is certain that the material will be used for the purposes of construction in its natural state on the site from which it was excavated;excavated materials which can be used, either on the same site or on another site.
Amendment 78 #
Article 3 – point 4
4) "bio-waste" means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises and comparable waste from food processing plantswaste of animal or plant origin, for recovery purposes, which can be decomposed by micro-organisms, soil-borne living organisms or enzymes; soil material with no significant bio-waste content and plant remains from agricultural production falling within the scope of Article 2(1)(f) are not bio-waste;
Amendment 81 #
Article 3 – point 11, point (c)
(c) the content of harmfulzardous substances in materials and products;
Amendment 97 #
Article 3 – point 18
18) "“disposal"” means any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy. Annex I sets out a non-exhaustive list of disposal operations;. Annex I sets out a non- exhaustive list of disposal operations. All disposal operations shall give high priority to the protection of human health and the environment.
Amendment 99 #
Article 3 – point 19 a (new)
19a) "best available waste management techniques" means the most effective and advanced stage in the development of activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques in order, during waste management operations, to avoid hazards to human health and environmental damage; Article 2(11) of and Annex IV to Directive 96/61/EC shall apply accordingly;
Amendment 132 #
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. In order to strengthen the prevention and recovery of waste, Member States may take legislative or non-legislative measures to ensure that any natural or legal person who professionally develops, manufactures, processes and treats or sells products (producer of the or imports product)s has extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 148 #
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Any waste recovery and disposal requirements laid down by Member States in the form of generally binding provisions shall be based on best available waste management techniques. In so far as this is necessary for protection of human health and the environment, the Commission shall submit proposals for individual directives laying down, for wastes or recovery operations which are of particular ecological or economic significance in quantitative terms, requirements with regard to recovery, to substances or objects resulting from recovery operations, and to subsequent use of those substances and objects. Those requirements shall be based on best available waste management techniques.
Amendment 167 #
Article 14
Amendment 188 #
Article 19
Amendment 194 #
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19a Treatment of bio-waste 1. Producers and holders shall, prior to bio-waste being spread on land, subject it to treatment that will ensure that it is safe from the point of view of human, animal and plant health. This shall also apply to catering waste produced by restaurants and catering facilities where it is not required to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. 2. The Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2), adopt implementing measures, specifying the minimum requirements for checking safety from the point of view of human, animal and plant health. 3. In order to ensure that spreading of bio-waste on land is carried out in an environmentally sound way, the Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2), adopt implementing measures, specifying the environmental and quality criteria to be met in order for bio-waste to be spread on land used for agricultural, forestry or horticultural/gardening purposes, and to be deemed to have ceased to be waste. 4. The implementing measures provided for in paragraph 3 shall include at least binding limit values for heavy metals, physical contaminants and content of viable seeds and parts of plants capable of sprouting as well as a list of suitable source materials. 5. The criteria shall take into account any risks of environmentally harmful use or shipment of bio-waste, and shall be set at a level that guarantees a high level of protection for human health and the environment.
Amendment 195 #
Article 19 b (new)
Article 19b Controls 1. Member States shall ensure that, in order to monitor compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 19a, quality assurance systems are set up and operated. 2. Member States shall ensure that tests for harmful substances are carried out at regular intervals.
Amendment 196 #
Article 19 c (new)
Article 19c Catering Waste The recovery of untreated catering waste for feeding purposes shall be prohibited. Catering waste shall be verifiably eliminated by licensed undertakings and sterilised and safely disposed of by means of appropriate operations. The use of catering waste in feed for pigs may be authorised by Member States only on condition that there is, in every respect, monitoring of safe recovery, sterilisation and compliance with the other provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
Amendment 198 #
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. Provided that the requirements of this Article are complied with, any permit produced pursuant to other national or Community legislation mayshall be combined with the permit required under paragraph 1 to form a single permit, where such a format obviates the unnecessary duplication of information and the repetition of work by the operator or the competent authority.
Amendment 218 #
Article 29 a (new)
Amendment 225 #
Article 35 – paragraph -1 (new)